[Experience with computerized technologies in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases in children].

The paper summarizes the experience gained in using an automatic X-ray study system (AXRSS) for 5 years. AXRSS is successful in tackling the task of having a display image of the quality that allows one to make X-ray diagnosis with the same confidence as that of an X-ray film.

[Contemporary methods in the diagnosis and treatment of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children].

Reduced chemotherapy courses (6-10 months) were studied for effectivity in 108 children with advanced intrathoracic tuberculosis. Intramuscular isoniazid, pyrazinamide+rifampicin produced a complete response in 87.9% of the cases who suffered side effects 2 times less frequently.

[New methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in children].

The follow-up included two groups of schoolchildren: 862 were repeatedly given BCG and 725, BCG-M vaccines. It was demonstrated that both vaccines had the same effectiveness and the latter could also be used. Upright tomographic findings in 70 children showed that it was highly informative for the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children, especially for that of bronchoadenitis.